Day: October 24, 2018

I will stick to my resolution to always be reading a book by Keigo HIGASHINO. I found that reading several books at the same time in Japanese is the best way to avoid loss of interest or discouragement. 『手紙』, 東野圭吾, 文春文庫I am so sure that I will love any book by Higashino that I just pick them randomly and never read the summary on the back cover. But I am surprised by『手紙』. It is hard to tell where the story will lead us, and I suspect the book to be more a social portrait than a crime novel. I already noticed that Higashino gives a social dimension to some of his books, and I would not be surprised if 『手紙』fell in this category. The book is divided into 6 chapters, and I have only read the first one. To me, this book is like a focus on what is usually dismissed in crime stories: the daily life and hardship of the persons involved. Usually, a novel would concentrate on the plot, the investigation, and while …

Welcome to my blog! I have been learning Japanese for several years now, and my goal is to be able to read novels in Japanese. I passed N1 in July 2019, and I spend most of my study time learning vocabulary and grammar and reading novels in Japanese. I can read genre fiction (I particularly love mystery novels), but my level is still too low to allow me to read literary fiction. There’s still a lot of work to be done, and my blog is here to help me in my journey!

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